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Stratacache Tower, also known as Kettering Tower, is a high-rise office building located in
Located in the tower was the Dayton Club, formerly the Dayton Racquet Club, which offered a
Stratacache Tower
Skyscraper office buildings in Dayton, Ohio {{Ohio-struct-stub Office buildings completed in 1970 International style architecture in Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...
. The Stratacache Tower was built in 1970 and is currently the tallest building in the city. Lorenz Williams Inc. was the firm responsible for construction of the building. Stratacache Tower has 30 floors and is 124 meters or 405 feet tall.
The Stratacache Tower has its own zip code: 45423.
History
The building opened for business in 1972. The property was originally named Winters Bank Tower and served as the headquarters for Winters Bank. AfterBank One
Bank One Corporation was an American bank founded in 1968 and at its peak the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONE. The company merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on July 1, 2 ...
, which was headquartered in Columbus, acquired Winters Bank, the building owner, Virginia Kettering
Virginia Weiffenbach Kettering (1907 - 2003) was Dayton, Ohio's leading philanthropist and patron of the arts.
Early life and education
Kettering was born July 15, 1907 in Bellevue, Kentucky to architect and marble importer Norman and Clara Weiff ...
, the daughter-in-law of inventor Charles F. Kettering
Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles Fredrick Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.
For the list of patents issued to Kettering, see, Le ...
, changed the name to Kettering Tower.
In 2005, a New York
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investment firm, Kettering Tower Partners LLC, bought the Kettering Tower for $21.9 million, or $45.63 per square foot. The Kettering Tower owner defaulted on the mortgage and the property was sold to Bank of America
The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank w ...
for $10.8 million at a Montgomery County Sheriff's Auction in 2011. In 2012, Albert Macanian of Dunkirk Realty, paid only $6.4 million for the property. In 2019 it was sold for 13 million to Stratacache, which makes digital signs and monitors for restaurants and retail as well virtual and augmented reality software for retail, and which intends to make the building its new headquarters.
The tower was later rebranded as Stratacache Tower.
Restaurants and amenities
Located in the tower was the Dayton Club, formerly the Dayton Racquet Club, which offered a fitness center
A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness center, health spa, and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.
In recent years, the number of fitness and health ser ...
and business-conducive dining and banquet facilities, but which permanently closed in 2020. On the ground floor is an optometrist
Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care.
In the Uni ...
and the restaurant Carmen's Deli. For many years, a large Chase Bank
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase Bank or often as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City, that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and fina ...
branch was on the second floor of the tower, but ceased operations in December 2020. In June 2021, the law firm Taft Dayton signed a deal for a 15-year lease at Stratacache Tower, with plans to renovate the building's 16th and 17th floors to increase its office space, as well as opening a 3,900 foot Taft Center on the building's first floor, intended for use for meetings, conferences and events, serving as a gathering space for the local community.
Current tenants
The tenant roster includes the offices of many prominent companies, including: * Taft Stettinius & Hollister * Pickrel Schaeffer & Ebeling * Sebaly Shillito & Dyer * Rogers & Greenberg * EAGLE Certification Group * Thorn Lewis + Duncan, Inc. CPA's * Bailey Cavalieri LLCSee also
*List of tallest buildings in Dayton, Ohio
The history of high-rises in the United States city of Dayton, Ohio, began in 1896 with the construction of the Reibold Building. Although the Reibold Building was Dayton's first high-rise, the Centre City Building is often regarded as the fi ...
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Skyscraper office buildings in Dayton, Ohio {{Ohio-struct-stub Office buildings completed in 1970 International style architecture in Ohio